Thread by @RichardBSpencer

I have sympathy for #kellyanneconway and what's she's going through. We don't appreciate just how toxic social media is, especially for young people, and even more especially for young girls. Family trauma being publicly broadcast is extremely sad and wrong.

I don't blame KAC for anything that Trump has done. It's clear that she's was a low-level operative, pollster, and
PR specialist, who had little to no effect on policy. That in itself fascinates me...

Many who despise KAC say she "apologized for evil," "spun tyranny," etc. But that doesn't hit the mark. Clearly, KAC was terrible at her job—maybe a little too terrible. She reenforced every liberal critique that Trump's regime was one of sinister, bald-faced lying.

I almost buy into the theory that KAC engaged in secret sabotage or was, in fact, the "anonymous leaker" in the White House. The simpler explanation is that KAC is dumb and she dumbly acts like she thinks smart people act.

There are ways of being combative and forceful with adversaries, also ways of gently massaging the "bad news" you're forced to deliver or confront. KAC would "spin" in such an obviously fraudulent and ham-fisted manner that I can only conclude she was deliberately lying.

Someone as shallow as Donald Trump, no doubt, ate up KAC's schtick. You can almost hear him say, "That Kelly Anne will make a fool of herself for me. What a gal!"

As opposed to engaging in influence, people like KAC hear the caricatures and denunciations of the "DC spin doctor" and think to themselves, "I can be a liar, too! They'll finally think I'm smart!" But in the end, her act was so dumb it was only sad.